At their July 14 meeting, the Wright County Supervisors voted to continue filing joint social service cost reports with Humboldt County for the time being. The decision prefigures a larger one to be made by September: whether or not to regionalize social service case management will be handled by a Wright County employee or regionalized.
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The Dirty Oars paddled their way to victory at Lake Cornelia’s third annual dragon boat races on Sunday, July 6, which culminated a weekend of lakeside Independence Day activities.
“It’s fun just being able to go out and the lake and talk between the races,” said Oarsman Che Hanson. The team – made up of full-time...

The Clarion City Council approved the first reading of ordinance amendments that – if passed – will increase water and sewer bills 25% and 33% respectively. More information can be found in a letter from Shelley Pohlman, City Administrator, to be published in our next issue.
The increases will go to fund upgrades to the City’...

At their June 30 meeting, the Clarion-Goldfield-Dows School Board approved the sale of the former Dows school building to Alex Mortonson, Pioneer dealer. They also gifted the property’s football field and playground to the City of Dows. The district will retain the building’s former parking lot for undetermined future uses, but is...

Brad Leckrone came to Wright County Social Services in 1998 after a career in law enforcement. His duties expanded to cover Humboldt and Pocahontas Counties in 2012. Later this month, he’ll move on to a new career in Information Technologies support at Next Generation Technologies in Buffalo Center. Before the move, Brad sat down with...